Simcoe & Grey County, Ontario
The senior technology and growth partner, without the full-time hire.
You've outgrown doing it all yourself, but you're not ready to hire a full-time CIO or marketing lead. I give local owners that senior help part-time: I figure out what your business actually needs, make it all work together, and stay accountable for the result. No software to sell.
The tools I work with
I plug into whatever you already run, and help you decide what is worth keeping, connecting, or replacing. No platform of my own to sell, so the recommendation is always the one that fits you.
Sound familiar?
You didn't start your business to babysit software.
That's exactly what I'm for.
One partner for how it runs and how it grows.
Whatever's slowing you down or holding back growth, that's where we start.
Cut the software bill
Stop paying for tools you don't use.
Connect your systems
Make your tools talk to each other.
Website & online payments
A site that brings in business, and that you own.
Bring in more customers
Marketing that actually runs.
Automate the busywork
The manual, repeatable work, gone.
A senior advisor on call
The strategic help, without hiring a team.
There's a tool for everything now. That's not your problem.
Your problem is knowing which ones you need, and keeping them pointed at your goals. That's what I do. I don't sell the tools; I make the right ones work for you.
Senior, vendor-neutral, and on the hook for the result.
An ex-CIO who's also a trained accountant and a PMP, so I speak business, money, and systems, not just tech.
No software to sell
My only incentive is the fix that actually fits.
You own everything
Files, accounts, the site. Never held hostage.
You work with me, not a junior
Whoever scopes it, builds it. No handoffs.
I've sat in your chair
Ex-CIO, accountant, and PMP. I built and sold my own company.
I'm Chris Patten. 18 years a CIO, plus a trained accountant and PMP. I built and sold my own company. Now I give local owners that same senior help, without hiring a team. You work with me, and whatever we build, you own.
Where is your business right now?
Every owner is somewhere on the same arc. Your stage is your biggest goal right now, not how old the business is, and knowing it decides what we fix first.
Grow
"I need more. More leads, more customers, more revenue."
Build the engine: a site that converts, a CRM that remembers, follow-up that runs itself, and marketing that brings the right leads.
Run
"It works, but it all runs through me."
Build the operating system: connect your tools, document the how, automate the busywork, and take yourself off the critical path.
Exit
"I want the option to step back or sell, on my terms."
Build the value: clean systems and numbers, less key-person risk, and a business worth more whether or not you ever sell.
It's not a straight line. Most businesses cycle through all three, and doing each stage well makes the next one easier.
The guarantee
Start with a free 20-minute call.
We'll find where you're leaking time and money. If the paid Business Systems Assessment that follows doesn't find you at least $1,000 a month in savings or growth, it's free.
Book your free call
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Local
Serving Simcoe & Grey County.
Collingwood · Wasaga Beach · The Blue Mountains · Clearview · Barrie · Orillia · Midland · Owen Sound
A real person who picks up the phone, not a ticket number at a Toronto agency.
Let's talk.
Tell me what's slowing you down or holding back growth. I'll reply within a day.
Or just email me: chris@headwaydigital.ca